Since Annihilus got some update, Let's just take another look at DD9
Or rather, the availability of G21 FTP. In case you forgot, Scopely said in their blog that G21 shall be available in Limited Deals part of Chapter Store. And lo and behold, they are! Finally, after literally 10 days, G21 has been spotted in that store, the store which refreshes only once per day and doesn't allow manual refreshes. And it is giving.... Skill minis. The only one that everyone has and has no clear reason to use on pretty much anyone at this moment. Or maybe you can use on some toons. Fine.
But how that pans out for DD9 ambitions? FTP gets 10 of ONE mini-unique every 10 days. So, even if you want to just start DD9, and you're prudently using 5 toons of different origins to balance the RNG, it will take you...
2 Years. (5 toons x 2 minis x 70 required of each minis (considering the small anniversery drip) * 10 days for every time one shows up in store / 10 quantities per purchase = 700 days)
Just to start. To finish, about 10 years.
And before you say I'm being too over-reactive, it's been so long since BM release to the point he has even become near worthless, and yet Purple Iso 5 are strictly paygated beyond minimal drip. Compared to that, G20 minis were available in main Chapter Store right away when Age of Annihilus began. Many endgame FTPs, including myself, were able to complete City Section in initial 3 months and get 2 reds for X. Quasar trials offered G20s for mystic as well, while both SS Breaker and Storm Tower offer nothing. Not just no G21, but no Crimsons whatsoever. So there is no guarantee that they will be releasing the iron clad hold anytime soon in any capacity.
Quietly stripping everything and paywalling everything.